Wheels

Wheels is Australia’s original motoring magazine. Launched in 1953, we’ve been trusted by generations of Australians to provide entertaining and forthright opinions on the good, the bad and the ugly of new and used cars. A world-class car mag with a formidable international reputation, Wheels covers the full gamut of cars – from sports cars to four-wheel-drives, economy to family cars – but it also covers the people, personalities and the power plays behind one of the world’s most dynamic industries.

Starter • SOME HEARTFELT WORDS ABOUT THIS NEW ERA FOR WHEELS…

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30 days • 30 DAYS IS A LONG TIME IN THE MOTORING WORLD. WE’VE COMPILED THE IMPORTANT BITS YOU NEED TO KNOW

The wrap • THIS MONTH IN BRIEF

Inbox • GO AHEAD, TELL US WHAT YOU REALLY THINK

Best to test • YOUR TEACHERS WERE RIGHT WHEN THEY EXHORTED YOU TO ‘DO YOUR HOMEWORK!’

Electric Avenue • THERE’S A CAR COMING THAT I’VE NOT FELT MORE EXCITED FOR IN A LONG TIME – THE NEXT BMW M3

Graveyard shift • DOWNSHIFTING THROUGH THE GEARS INTO A CORNER SEEMS TO BE GOING THE WAY OF THE DODO

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EVEREST TOUGHENS UP FOR 2025 • THE NEW METAL THAT MATTERS, TRIALLED AND TESTED

AUSTRALIA’S FAVOURITE SMALL SUV GROWS UP

BETTER BY DESIGN

SMARTER THE SECOND TIME

WHY DO THINGS BY HALVES?

TALKIN’ ABOUT A REVOLUTION

UPPING THE ANTE

RISE OF THE LATE BLOOMER • Bernie Quinn was an underperforming, self-confessed ‘battler’ before he found his feet as an engineer at Ford. These days he’s the CEO of Premcar, a company he has built up with a former colleague to create uniquely Australian answers to a variety of automotive questions

BATTLE OF THE BEST SELLERS • Ford v Holden is dead. Now Australia’s top-selling vehicles are dual-cab utes. Mazda’s prettier new BT-50 can tussle with its Isuzu D-Max twin, but are good looks enough to beat Ford’s Ranger and Toyota’s new HiLux?

DEVIL RAY • The hybrid Corvette E-Ray brings 488kW of fire and fury to bear on one of Victoria’s quietest road routes. On our marks, unleash hell.

Boxer Rebellion • Porsche’s T-Hybrid system drags the 911 GTS into the here and now. But at what cost?

VL COMMODORE • The stop-gap midsized sedan that ended up a significant success story for the Aussie brand

Garage • WE DRIVE ’EM LIKE WE OWN ’EM

HOME ON THE RANGE • FOUR MONTHS OF ZIPPING ABOUT IN VOLVO’S SMALL SUV HAS LEFT FEW COMPLAINTS BUT REAL-LIFE INSIGHT INTO AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE

PUT YOUR BACK INTO IT • THE TRITON PROVES ITS ABILITY BUT SOMETIMES LIFE THROWS A SPANNER INTO THE WORKSS

FIRST IMPRESSIONS MATTER • WELCOME TO A NEW ENTRANT INTO THE WHEELS GARAGE. ENRIGHT GETS FAMILIAR WITH MAZDA’S TOUGHEST

THE QUICK GUIDE TO Novated Leasing • WHEELS SPEAKS WITH MIKE DALY, SMART’S NOVATED LEASING SPECIALIST, ABOUT THE INS AND OUTS OF THIS POPULAR FORM OF CAR FINANCING.

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Grand Cherokee • AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS ON SALE HERE, JEEP’S BIG ’UN BOWS OUT